Taliban Says Bin Laden Denies Role in Attacks

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement
said on Thursday that Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden had
told them he had no role in Tuesday's terror attacks in the
United States.

``We asked from him, (and) he told (us) we don't have any
hand in this action,'' Taliban ambassador to Pakistan Mullah
Abdul Salam Zaeef, told Reuters in an interview.

He said also that the hardline Islamic Taliban movement was
prepared to cooperate with the United States in investigating
those believed responsible for the devastating attacks.

``We are ready for any help according to (Islamic) Sharia
law,'' Zaeef said. But he stressed that if Washington had any
evidence against bin Laden, it should be provided to the
Taliban, which has sheltered the dissident as a ``guest.''